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As the Israel-Hamas Situation Escalates, Indian Diplomacy Feels the Strain

As tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East, diplomacy too has picked up pace with US President Joe Biden deciding to visit Israel to assess Israeli plans. After the attack on a Gaza hospital last night left 500 dead and amid reports of an impending Israeli ground offensive, there are growing concerns about the humanitarian toll and its long term costs. 

The Persistence of India’s Angel Tax: A Menace to Startups and the Need for Reform

Angel and tax combine as naturally as do gold and rust, or, say, deer and hyena. That, of course, is in the real world. In the world of Indian taxation, things are a bit different. The so-called Angel Tax, introduced in 2012, has undergone various bits of cosmetic surgery, in order to make this grotesque mutant look less threatening, but it remains a menace to Indian startups. The latest attempt to soothe frayed nerves in the startup universe has been a clarification that bars the tax from haunting the premises of startups recognised by the department for promotion of industry and internal trade. Instead of pulling a fang or blunting a claw of this tax monster, what needs to be done is to slay it once and for all

What Comes Next?: Israel-Hamas War

World woke to the worst horror stories and visuals of an unprecedented and well-coordinated attack by the internationally designated terrorist group Hamas based out of Gaza on Israeli civilians and settlers breaching the hitherto impregnable borders and supposedly impregnable fences of the Israeli defence Forces.

Public Policy Careers: A Deep Dive

Careers in Public Policy was a three-day immersive online introductory career counselling and awareness certificate training workshop conducted by IMPRI. The first speaker on day three of the workshop was Mr. Sandeep Chachra, Executive Director of ActionAid Association India; Former Co-Chair of the World Urban Campaign coordinated by UN-Habitat; Editor of Agrarian South – Journal of Political Economy; Advisor, IMPRI.

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